First Apartment
…Well, at least the first paid for with his own salary. This would happen to be my favorite nephew in Tejas.
The apartment had good bones?…Or more specifically, a great window and a greater number than necessary square feet.
This would be a budget makeover. We were cost...

Form.
Update!
It was a nice house in a lovely neighborhood. The home owners were oh-so-ready to start some updates. The baths particularly smacked of the 90’s: Cultured marble, pickled stain, gold plumbing fixtures, white tile. They would start upstairs.
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Function.
Rethink...

Finishing touches: Accessories and color add warmth.
What they had: a beautiful new home in Allen, recently purchased rug and seating, with a TV front and center!
What they wanted? Color! Warmth. Lamps. Art. An inviting feel! Finishing...

2″ White Blinds – the Status Quo
I am not against blinds. I sell them, and there are situations where they are the product of choice to best address homeowners’ concerns. Most likely you have some. Perhaps you should take some of yours down?
Blinds are part of the finish-out package that...

Rearranging existing furnishings.
What to buy for the grand entry? Maybe nothing. Maybe we use what the Allen client already owns.
Maybe we hire piano movers and move the baby grand piano 12 feet into the entry hall. (It...

Resurfacing updates cultured marble.
Cultured marble tubs…. outdated now, but featured in so many Dallas homes of past decades. In the hierarchy of priorities, however, the cost of replacing the cultured marble tub in this Plano home...

DR after
DR after
DR before
Our goal was to use the existing furniture and accessories adding new only as necessary.
The first time I met with the Fairview homeowner we made a list of new items we would probably...

The point was to update the tile in the shower. That gave us the opportunity in this Plano home to update the size of the shower as well. The outer wall was pushed out a couple of inches to the door frame of the closet. Without changing the drainage area of the shower we were still able to push out the...

Decorating on a Shoe String, a service for the cost-conscious, has many happy clients in the Dallas metroplex communities of Plano, McKinney, Frisco, Prosper, Fairview, Murphy, Heath, North Dallas and Westlake.
The company was founded by Ginny Andrews 15 years ago and has morphed to offer turn-key residential remodeling and commercial design as well as furniture and accessory selection, re-arrangement, custom window treatments and window products.